Since the NorthPoint failure, many small businesses in the city say that those delays have grown to three to five months.

The delays have been growing rapidly since 1988, when tough new drug laws provoked the transfer of judges from civil courts to the criminal bench.

If the receiver moves to the side of the baseline, the delay from both stations will grow.

The delay on stock prices, normally 15 to 20 minutes, grew longer, of course, when volume was running at 600 million shares a day.

As the delay grew longer, the sense of unreality heightened.

And as any metropolitan air traveler can tell you, delays there have grown.

The delay grew noticeable before he finally looked up, squarely meeting her eyes.

But the continuing delay grows more deplorable as time passes.

In any event, delays in payment are not growing across the board.

Since each of these standards defined a minimum period of time to "try" for a link, the delay grew over 10 seconds.